On this episode of HetNet Happenings, RCR Wireless News Managing Editor Sean Kinney takes you inside the recent IEEE Globecom showcase held in San Diego.
In the first segment, Kinney is joined by Ed Tiedemann, IEEE Globecom general chairman and a Qualcomm SVP, to get a high-level overview of the event, an annual showcase for the standards setting body.
Tiedemann discusses the dissemination of technical information associated with IEEE, with particular emphasis on the standards setting work around an ultimate “5G” definition. He said 5G has moved from the research phase to the standardization phase.
Tiedemann also discusses the theme of IEEE Globecom: connecting all through communications, which extends connectivity beyond individuals into the physical world as connected objects add to the complexity of the “Internet of Things” both consumer and industrial.
“I think you all know, for many years, we’ve thought about our laptops, our cellphones being connected wirelessly,” Tiedemann said. “But now we’re sort of in this movement to connect everything from light switches, of course we know about thermostats, refrigerators, all of our house devices, plus all the devices in the industrial environment. It’s evoking the connecting of all, of everything, via communications technology. … Where we are in this conference is really about dissemination of technical information. We’re now moving from what I’ll call the purely research phase of 5G into the standardization phase of 5G.”
Kinney also takes a look at the bustling IEEE show floor where the latest in mobile network solutions were showcased.
In one clip, Qualcomm demonstrates LAA and LTE/Wi-Fi aggregation, followed by a National Instruments demonstration of a multiple-input/multiple-out prototyping platform.
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